HALE COUNTY MARKET

Hale County, Texas Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Hale County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Abernathy, Cotton Center and and Plainview. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Hale County by the Numbers

Hale County has 779 farms on 575,527 acres (about 739 acres each). Together they sold $481.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, dairy (milk) and cotton.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes and pecans, and local fields produce cucumbers.

11 farms in Hale County already sell straight to the public, about $43,000 a year in direct sales. Crop Market gives them, and every backyard grower, a free way to reach more neighbors.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Hale County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 121,898 head of cattle, 5,374 sheep and 1,425 goats in Hale County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,386 people run or help run farms in Hale County, with an average age of 60. 34% of them are women. 99 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Hale County stands out: it ranks #16 of 252 TX counties for total farm sales.